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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star publishes daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia. Publisher Barry Flood Byrd presides as post office watermarked second class matter. The paper affiliates include Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror in the Monosta area.
The snippet lists subscription prices in advance for various periods and includes a copyright notice from United Press and Associated Press restricting republication of their news dispatches and local news. The readable content is fragmentary and presents no cohesive event or story.
Virginia reports a sharp rise in motor vehicle licenses up to July 1 1924 with licenses for autos and trucks far above 1923 and 1922 levels. The piece argues gasoline and license taxes fund road needs, defend the tax as fair and wise versus bonds and property taxes, and notes Virginia ranks among states with the most cars.
A Norfolk dispatch reports a controversy over Democratic La Follette clubs in Fairfax County and proposed cross voting in primaries. Party leaders reject the plan as illegal and dangerous, arguing no voter can claim Democratic status while supporting La Follette.
The speaker denounces LaFollette propaganda as nationwide and urges Democrats to back John W. Davis electors. He argues LaFollette cannot win and would derail the election, urging real Democrats to vote for Davis to ensure a clear result.
An satirical verse describes reckless driving and speeding as a disaster for the narrator. A grim procession of injuries and funerary imagery follows every failed attempt to exceed the traffic laws. The piece ends urging sedate driving to spare mourners and danger.
Miss Maude Bywaters visited Miss Mildred Hawkins Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs M T Dunn and family visited Mrs Dunns mother Mrs A J Ware of Winchester for her sixty fifth birthday. Miss Minnie Bayliss returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Lupton near Red Bud. Miss Virginia Bywaters visited Mrs M T Dunn. Mrs Imer Bucher visited Mrs Venner Bayliss last Tuesday.
A readable note states planet Uranus lies about 1,800,600,000 miles from the Earth. The fact is presented as a basic astronomical distance.
Daily market report lists wholesale quotes for flour spring chickens butter creamery and hay plus retail prices for flour and butter. Noted items include spring chickens roosters corn meal hay and standard middlings with assorted per unit figures and ranges from local buyers.
The Sells Floto Circuit seeks a local baseball opponent for Sunday August 10. Manager A B King asks the Elmira Star sports editor to arrange a game, noting they will travel to Winchester on August 11 and will bring a fairly good, non professional team.
A reflective note contrasts optimism as a pose with its overdue persistence in professional settings. It discusses how cheerfulness appears as a cultivated trait, sometimes lacking genuine basis yet expected as a standard.
If nostrils are clogged and the head stuffed, apply a small amount of Fly's Cream Balm. The antiseptic cream soothes inflamed mucous and clarifies the head for immediate relief from head colds and congestion.
A local notice promotes artificial anthracite coke for winter heating with prices per ton and delivery options. Penniman and Browne chemists report coke composition and compare its value to anthracite coal, noting smokeless heat and easier ignition. Limited stock urged for early purchase and storage.
Winchester Rotary Club votes to move headquarters to the George Washington Hotel, planning weekly luncheons and night meetings there. Attendance exceeds 85 percent with guests from New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, and local members, while plans for a Shenandoah Valley inter city meet and a boys camp are discussed.
Catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. Inflammation causes a rumbling or impaired hearing, potentially permanent if not reduced. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to relieve this condition and restore hearing, advertised by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Dayton July 31 The Woman's Missionary Association led the United Brethren Summer School of Methods program at S C IL with addresses by Mrs. J R Rhodes Mrs Allie Summer Mrs M R Flemming and Miss Edna Secrist The Summer School closes Sunday with three services featured speakers include Dr P M Camp Dr J M Phillipps and Dr J E Shannon Pages include talks on Sunday School work organization of C E So yes and personal evangelism Initial Progressive and Final Salvation highlighted Friday night.
The American Legion Weekly publishes a symposium marking the war's tenth anniversary. Figures like Von Reventlow, Freiherr von Papen, Pershing, Baker, Gompers, and others offer mixed views, ranging from no gains to democracy's advance and the need for international cooperation.
The ad addresses ailments specific to women and describes symptoms such as dark circles pale expression and weakness. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longstanding remedy used for decades to relief stubborn female ailments.
An old notice extols sulphur as a cure for ugly broken out skin and irritation. It claims rapid relief from itching and blemishes, noting it is available at druggists and seen by readers via a medical testimonial.
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